Sarah Palin misrepresented to a campaign audience Thursday what her Democratic counterpart Joe Biden has said about Barack Obama‘s ability to handle a foreign crisis.

“Sen. Obama‘s own running mate, the chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, has informed us that a serious international crisis is certain if Obama is elected and that he is not ready to deal with it,” Palin told thousands of supporters at a rally in this western Ohio city.

Born Joseph Robinette Biden, Jr., on November 20, 1942, in Scranton, Pennsylvania, he is of Irish Catholic heritage. Biden was the first of four children born to Joe, Sr., a car salesman, and Jean Biden. He was raised in Scranton and moved to New Castle County, Delaware, at age ten.Joe Biden, who overcame an embarrassing stutter, attended Archmere Academy in Claymont, Delaware, a Catholic prep school. He received a bachelor’s degree from the University of Delaware in 1965 and a law degree from Syracuse University in New York in 1968.

After graduating from law school, he returned to Delaware to work as a trial attorney at a law firm in Wilmington, serving as a public defender. He quickly turned to politics, serving on the New Castle county council from 1970 to 1972.

Sen. Joe Biden gave a knowledgeable but restrained performance in Thursday night’s Debate, while Gov. Sarah Palin sought to show that her accomplishments as governor and mayor prove she is qualified to be vice president.

Biden slammed John McCain, saying that “he has been no maverick on the issues that matter to people lives,” but his only challenge to Palin was asking her to articulate a policy on the Iraq war.

Palin pushed her “track record of reform” and said she and McCain are a ” team of mavericks.”

“We’re known for putting partisan politics aside to just get the job done,” she said.

Sarah Palin tried to paint Barack Obama as “dangerous” for being open to meeting with rogue leaders without preconditions.

“An issue like that taken up by a presidential candidate goes beyond naivete and goes beyond poor judgment,” Palin said.